From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 18 08:24:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA52106566C for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:24:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.192]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D87478FC23 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:24:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-20-82.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.20.82]) by mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m2I8OV6m025405 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:24:34 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m2I8OUTO079115; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:24:30 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m2I8OSLN079114; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:24:28 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:24:28 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Chuck Robey Message-ID: <20080318082428.GC44676@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <47DF1045.6050202@chuckr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RE3pQJLXZi4fr8Xo" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47DF1045.6050202@chuckr.org> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers Subject: Re: remote operation or admin X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:24:42 -0000 --RE3pQJLXZi4fr8Xo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 08:43:49PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: >I have 4 computers, 1 big FreeBSD-current (4 x86 procs), 2 GentooLinux (1 >is a dial AMD Opteron, the other a dual older x86), and 1 MacOSX (dual >PPC). I was thinking about looking for two items, I'm not sure if I want >one or both of them: either some software to let me merely remotely manage >them (public software, mind) What do you see "remotely manage them" covering? For a small heterogenous network, it's not clear what you would save over just sticking the config files into CVS or similar. > or, even better, something to get these >disparate hardwares to be able to work together, and (as much as possible) >to be able to share work. Again, what do you mean by "share work"? Are you looking for something like beowulf? --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --RE3pQJLXZi4fr8Xo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkfffDwACgkQ/opHv/APuIejwACgolVd7Y7aMDT8uqV+ARXUxgK0 B0kAoJuU81HlCKOKQ8GVDSsa2ZPpv44N =CfdL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RE3pQJLXZi4fr8Xo--